NES black labels
Hi all...
Am thinking of collecting black box NES titles that had the art as pixels. Any idea how many thare are?
Am thinking of collecting black box NES titles that had the art as pixels. Any idea how many thare are?
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And some people count MTPO and Ice hockey because they are part of the 'sports series' but they lack the cool pixel art.
30
Specifically these:
And if you're collecting CIB, good luck with Donkey Kong Jr. Math and Stack-Up with all the pieces.
http://vintage.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=113860
Because in eaqrly advertisements, that was what was shown as the "starting lineup" for the system. take a look at the ROB poster. take a peek in the back of the Black Book. they showed black boxes, silvers, tyson, and both zelda games. so thats what I call the "Black Box Plus" set.
I would kind of like to see a pixel art true black box label for MTPO.
There are 30 titles in the black box/pixel art style. See the photo above for that list. These games were the launch titles.
There are an additional 3 games in the pixel/art style that game out a hair later. They look visually similar to the black box games except they are silver. They are Metroid, Rad Racer, and Kid Icarus.
Each of the above games are part of a 'series' - Action, Arcade, Light Gun, Sports etc.
There are two other games that are in these series but lack the art style. - MTPO and Ice Hockey.
Zelda 1 is sometimes also thrown in with this group because it appears on a lot of early NES posters and launch title checklists released by Nintendo. But it lacks both the pixel style AND a 'series' designation.
Using this info, Define a complete launch set on your own and have fun collecting.
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There are 30 titles in the black box/pixel art style. See the photo above for that list. These games were the launch titles.
There are an additional 3 games in the pixel/art style that game out a hair later. They look visually similar to the black box games except they are silver. They are Metroid, Rad Racer, and Kid Icarus.
Each of the above games are part of a 'series' - Action, Arcade, Light Gun, Sports etc.
There are two other games that are in these series but lack the art style. - MTPO and Ice Hockey.
Zelda 1 is sometimes also thrown in with this group because it appears on a lot of early NES posters and launch title checklists released by Nintendo. But it lacks both the pixel style AND a 'series' designation.
Using this info, Define a complete launch set on your own and have fun collecting.
All 30 BB games weren't available at launch. I believe Slalom wasn't released until sometime in '87 and was the last one
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There are 30 titles in the black box/pixel art style. See the photo above for that list. These games were the launch titles.
There are an additional 3 games in the pixel/art style that game out a hair later. They look visually similar to the black box games except they are silver. They are Metroid, Rad Racer, and Kid Icarus.
Each of the above games are part of a 'series' - Action, Arcade, Light Gun, Sports etc.
There are two other games that are in these series but lack the art style. - MTPO and Ice Hockey.
Zelda 1 is sometimes also thrown in with this group because it appears on a lot of early NES posters and launch title checklists released by Nintendo. But it lacks both the pixel style AND a 'series' designation.
Using this info, Define a complete launch set on your own and have fun collecting.
All 30 BB games weren't available at launch. I believe Slalom wasn't released until sometime in '87 and was the last one
Day one launch titles were Super Mario Bros, 10-Yard Fight, Clu Clu Land, DK Jr. Math, Duck Hunt, Excitebike, Gyromite, Hogan's Alley, Stack-Up, Golf, Ice Climber, Kung Fu, Mach Rider, Baseball, Pinball, Soccer, Wrecking Crew, and Wild Gunman.
Thank you all for the very valuable info (and a special thanks to Faxanadude for the summary, am being spoiled with this spoon feeding )
I will be going for the 33 set as I like the story behind the pixel art decision Nintendo took to manage expectations, but I have a feeling it wont be long before I get the other 3 too
CIB is a different story, though. DK Jr. Math is a bit of an investment because the box is so hard to find.
Metroid also had a yellow box/label variant that isn't pixel art.
I would kind of like to see a pixel art true black box label for MTPO.
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=34&threadid=149909
I would kind of like to see a pixel art true black box label for MTPO.
http://nintendoage.com/forum/mess...
Wow, he even has Ice Hockey, too.
I will go for the loose path, these seem easier than my other target (all commercial long box PS1 games with all variants, been hunting those for months, still missing 3 or 4 though)
http://www.videogameobsession.com/videogame/nesboxes/nes_black_boxes-01.jpg
Those are 30 games, yet there's one I found that's not there
http://www.videogameobsession.com/videogame/nesboxes/NES-SMBDH-DuoBox-vgo.jpg
will that make the total of black labels ones with pixel arts 31? or is there any reason this 2 in 1 wont count?
It's up to you whether you want to count it or not. Usually it isn't counted as a black box game as it 1) didn't have a box and 2) is just a combo of the separate SMB and Duck Hunt games.
If you want a box for it, the member UncleTusk makes them. But they're not original Nintendo manufatured boxes.
Anything else would be a custom label, not an original one. Like this Zelda II black box:
http://s785.photobucket.com/user/Yahriel_Heffez/media/NES Label - 05-06 2010/LegendofZelda2TheLinksAdventureLabe.jpg.html
is a custom label, not an original.
Originally posted by: Tulpa
Originally posted by: Foochie776
Originally posted by: Faxanadude
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There are 30 titles in the black box/pixel art style. See the photo above for that list. These games were the launch titles.
There are an additional 3 games in the pixel/art style that game out a hair later. They look visually similar to the black box games except they are silver. They are Metroid, Rad Racer, and Kid Icarus.
Each of the above games are part of a 'series' - Action, Arcade, Light Gun, Sports etc.
There are two other games that are in these series but lack the art style. - MTPO and Ice Hockey.
Zelda 1 is sometimes also thrown in with this group because it appears on a lot of early NES posters and launch title checklists released by Nintendo. But it lacks both the pixel style AND a 'series' designation.
Using this info, Define a complete launch set on your own and have fun collecting.
All 30 BB games weren't available at launch. I believe Slalom wasn't released until sometime in '87 and was the last one
Day one launch titles were Super Mario Bros, 10-Yard Fight, Clu Clu Land, DK Jr. Math, Duck Hunt, Excitebike, Gyromite, Hogan's Alley, Stack-Up, Golf, Ice Climber, Kung Fu, Mach Rider, Baseball, Pinball, Soccer, Wrecking Crew, and Wild Gunman.
I didn't know that! I guess THIS is the thread killer. Thanks!
Originally posted by: sehs33
That post above was my first in NA, I landed here few times before, but not being NES/Nintendo focused I never had a good look around until yesterday: am so impressed with the community knowledge, welcoming tone and surprising number of replies (despite several existing topics on black label games )
Thank you all for the very valuable info (and a special thanks to Faxanadude for the summary, am being spoiled with this spoon feeding )
I will be going for the 33 set as I like the story behind the pixel art decision Nintendo took to manage expectations, but I have a feeling it wont be long before I get the other 3 too
That's NA for ya. One of the best communities on the web. We love games here.
Originally posted by: Faxanadude
Originally posted by: Tulpa
Originally posted by: Foochie776
Originally posted by: Faxanadude
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There are 30 titles in the black box/pixel art style. See the photo above for that list. These games were the launch titles.
There are an additional 3 games in the pixel/art style that game out a hair later. They look visually similar to the black box games except they are silver. They are Metroid, Rad Racer, and Kid Icarus.
Each of the above games are part of a 'series' - Action, Arcade, Light Gun, Sports etc.
There are two other games that are in these series but lack the art style. - MTPO and Ice Hockey.
Zelda 1 is sometimes also thrown in with this group because it appears on a lot of early NES posters and launch title checklists released by Nintendo. But it lacks both the pixel style AND a 'series' designation.
Using this info, Define a complete launch set on your own and have fun collecting.
All 30 BB games weren't available at launch. I believe Slalom wasn't released until sometime in '87 and was the last one
Day one launch titles were Super Mario Bros, 10-Yard Fight, Clu Clu Land, DK Jr. Math, Duck Hunt, Excitebike, Gyromite, Hogan's Alley, Stack-Up, Golf, Ice Climber, Kung Fu, Mach Rider, Baseball, Pinball, Soccer, Wrecking Crew, and Wild Gunman.
I didn't know that! I guess THIS is the thread killer. Thanks!
Yeah the "Arcade Classics" games were all from 1986 I believe. I actually never put much thought to Dr Jr Math being released before Dk Jr NES though. That's pretty weird.
Yeah, after the intial launch, the arcade titles came in mid 86, followed by a few others (Balloon Fight, Gumshoe, and I think Urban Champ.) Around that time third party publishers started releasing games. The rest were in 1987.